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Pets at home’s open but I’m pretty sure they’re not doing water tests, could do them myself, I’ve heard you can use baking soda, epsom salt and rock salt to make the water harder. Everything in there apart from filter, heater and air pump is what came with the tank so I just cleaned the rocks...

Okay thank you, I didn’t realise water hardness was such a problem, but when doing water changes I do treat the water with dechlorinator and API QuickStart if that’s relevant

It’s around 65 gallons. The only reason they’re together is because the guy I bought the tank off had them together along with the parents of the baby cichlids so I thought they’d be fine like that. I don’t have another tank big enough nor the room for another tank just for the severum or south...

The stuff towards the edges? The previous owner resealed the edges, but yeah after a bit of research I was thinking it was bacterial bloom but also maybe over feeding? I put my pleco in this tank too because the other one is smaller and the algae wafers always dissolve quite a bit before he gets...

I’ve kept fish for years but I recently bought a tank and it came with 12 baby Malawi cichlids, a green severum and what I think is a black bullhead catfish. Anyway, my other tanks (which are much smaller) have crystal clear water for long periods of time but this tank has a different appearance...

Hi all, new to keeping cichlids as just bought a tank of someone and it came with about 12 little cichlids with a green severum and a catfish. Just a coupe questions so does anyone know how to tell a male green severum from female? Also, these little cichlids are all from the same spawn but two...